The Fort Grille is located on Highway 67, on the East side of Fortville, Indiana. Over the years, it’s been a number of different restaurants, so I’ve been watching with interest as this newest restaurant went through extensive remodeling in preparation for opening.

The Fort Grille is an interesting place. It’s nicely decorated with local street signs and other bits of local history, giving it the feel of a small town diner. However, the menu is that of a more upscale restaurant. Along with burgers and sandwiches, there are a number of Italian dishes, steaks and other items on the ample menu.

I saw they had a breaded tenderloin, and knew that I had to try it. An interesting aside…they also offer a “breaded chicken tenderloin”. Being a purist…I chose the pork.

The sandwich is hand pounded and breaded, and the breading was really outstanding. Nice and crispy, with a very nice flavor. It’s certainly among the best breading I’ve ever had.

However, the meat is another story. It was bland and tasteless, and was pounded out far too thin for my taste. Although the sandwich LOOKED good….it might as well have been a breading sandwich, for that’s all I could taste.

The bun, also, was sub-standard. Yes, it was nicely toasted. However, it was stale and hard around the edges. The sandwich was served dressed as I requested with plenty of onion, but, all in all, it was a major disappointment. I’m going to give it a 2 out of 5…edible, but certainly below average. However, the home made chips I ordered as a side were simply outstanding.

I also ordered a side salad and it was also outstanding. A nice mix of greens made for a nice start for the meal.

Being a new restaurant, there are expected to be a few glitches in the system, and they all were evident on Saturday night. Holly ordered eggplant parmesan which was on the menu, only to be told by our server that they’ve taken it off the menu. She ordered chicken marsala, which was very good indeed.

Once we had ordered our meal, a couple was seated next to us, and the waitress started telling them the special of the day, which included a Rib Eye steak special. Our server never said anything to us about the special. Although I STILL would’ve opted for the tenderloin, it certainly would have been nice to have been made aware of the specials before we ordered.

All said, I DO like this place. I’ll give them some time to get the glitches worked out of their system and give them another try when I’m through the area.

The Fort Grille is located at 901 E Broadway in Fortville, Indiana. You can find them online at: http://fortgrille.com/

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I have always thought of myself as a tenderloin afficionado myself, that said – I found your site a few days ago and was very pleased to find suggestions as to where I might get an over the top tenderloin. I immediately went to Jimmy B’s for a tenderloin. Very disappointed. While the sandwich was top quality I found the meat to be a tastless pork chop – real tenderloin has a taste of its own and was not to be found in this offering. I will try some of the othe locations on your listings. Thanks for the site attributed to only tenderloins – keep up the good work.